A woman from England has revealed her shock after being reunited with her lost cat who was found 90 miles away in Merthyr Tydfil.
Jodie Rhodes was heartbroken when two-year-old Cleo didn't return to her Shropshire home in November 2021.
The 31-year-old posted all over social media in an effort to find her, thinking she wouldn't have strayed too far, BirminghamLive reports.
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But the mum was stunned when she received a call last week, informing her that Cleo had been found in South Wales.
She said: "On Thursday I had a phone call off a number I didn’t know saying Cleo had been handed in to them, they had scanned her for a microchip and contacted me straight away.
"After asking them who they were they said they were Victoria Veterinary Practice and they were in South Wales, Merthyr Tydfil. I was just shocked, upset, happy and mindblown.
"How did my queen get to South Wales from Much Wenlock, Shropshire. It’s crazy!"
Jodie, who works at a pharmacy, travelled to South Wales to pick up Cleo on January 13, in a five-hour round trip.
"She ended up straying at a hotel called Nant Ddu which is situated in the Brecon Beacons, the staff had befriended her over two to three weeks, kitchen staff had been feeding her trying to get her trust," she said.
She added: "On Wednesday she finally gave in, had fuss off the staff and was put in a hotel room for the night, a pampered princess before being brought to the vets the following morning.
"We don’t know how she got there, maybe on a delivery van? But we would love to know her full story. Thank god for a microchip!"
Jodie first rescued Cleo in September 2019, and was frantic when she went missing.
"She never ventures far, only the field by my house, literally over the fence of my back garden, so when she didn’t come home I started to worry.
"I put posts all over social media, my personal Facebook, local community groups and even further afield. But nothing. I went to see a few stray cats thinking they may be her but no joy."
Jodie's five-year-old daughter Chloe is "thrilled" to have Cleo back safe and sound.
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